Film magazine for motion-picture cameras



R. l. GIROUX.

FILM MAGAZINE FOR MDTION PICTURE CAMERAS.

APPLICATION man NOV. 11. 1920.

1,428,480. PatentedSept. 5, 1922.

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FILM MAGAZINE FOR MOTION PICTURE CAMERAS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11. 1920.

Patented Sept. 5, 1922..

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PATENT A OFFICE;

ROLAND J. GIROUX, OF LOS ANGELES,- CALIFORNIA FILM MAGAZINE FOR MOTION-PICTURE CAMERAS.

Application filed November 11, 1920. Serial No. 423,348.

To all whom it may concern: I

' Be it known that I, ROLAND J. Gmoux, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Film Magazines for Motion-Picture Cameras, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to motion picture cameras, and has for its object the pIOV1S1OI1 of a compact construction wherein the film reels may be mounted in the casing carrying the film actuating mechanism and the shutter mechanism. This result is accomplished by arranging the film reels in superimposed relation upon-a common shaft and angularly twisting the film strip between the film exposure guide and the film reels, sald angular twists being so arranged that the ends of the loops forming the same are 1n substantially parallel planes.

The invention will be readily understood from the following description of the accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is a vertical section through a camera constructed in accordance with the invention.

F 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. 7

Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical sections on the lines 3-3 and 14: of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a detail side elevation of one of the sections of the shaft forming a mounting for the film reels.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 7 is a transverse section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 5.

The camera includes a casing 1 in which 18 mounted the film reels and the film actuating mechanism and film exposure guide. The shutter mechanism and the lens mountlng are carried b a casing 2 fixed upon casing 1 over. the 1m exposure aperture 3. A usual film exposure guide 4: is mounted within casing 1 over the exposure aperture 3, and the film strip actuating mechanism is carried by a shaft 5 extending from top to bottom of the casing 1 at one side of the film exposure guide. The space at the side of shaft 5 opposite the film exposure guide forms a magazine 6 in which the film reels are mounted in superimposed relation upon a column shaft 7 extending from top to bottom. of casing 1. A hinged door 8 may form the end of easing 1 beyond the film' mag- :azine so that the film reels may be readily removed and door way.

The shaft 5 includes upper and lower sectlons 5 and 5 carrying the actuating mechanrsm for the respective film reels, and the ad acent ends of these shaft sections are provided w th bevel gears 10 facing toward one another and meshing with opposite sides of a bevel pinion 11 carried upon a shaft 12 extendlng across the casing 1. This shaft is rotated through suitable gearing 13 by a shaft 14: which extends to the end of casing 1. A usual train of gearing 15 connects the shaft 1 1 with a crank arm 16 extending outslde of the camera casing and having a handle 17 for turning the same.

By this arrangement it will be seenthat turning of the crank 16 will rotate shaft sections 5 and 5 in opposite directions so that the film strip moving mechanism carried thereby will withdraw the film strip from one of the reels within the film magazine and will rewind the film strip upon the other reel. Usual shutter actuating mechanism and means for intermittently moving the film strip through the ex osure guide are also actuated by the turning of crank 16, butsince these parts may be of any usual or preferred construction I have not illustrated the same in the drawings.

The film moving mechanism carried by shafts 5 and 5 may comprise usual drums 19 having peripheral teeth 20 adapted to engage the perforations 21 along the side edges of a film strip. Usual guide rollers 22 are carried by a spring actuated arm 23 in such position as to engage the film strip for guiding its movement past the drums 19.

' The shaft 7 upon which the film reels are carried includes a fixedsection 7 driven by a pulley and belt connection 2223 from the shaft 5. Shaft sections 7 and 7 are arranged one above the other uponthe shaft section 7 to form the shaft 7. The shaft sections 7 and 7 carry the respective film reels and are independently separable from the assembled shaft 7 so that either of the film reels and its shaft mounting may be readily removed fromthe camera casing 8. As an instance of this arrangement each of the shaft sections 7 and 7 may be provided at one end With an angular extension projecting beyond the end of the shaft section at one side thereof, and the opposite end of each of the shaft sections is provided with a similar angular notch 26 in longitudi' placed in position through this nal alinement with the angular notch extending be 0nd the opposite end .of the shaft section. '1 he upper end of shaft section '7" is also provided with one of the angular extensions 25. By the arrangement as thus described it will be seen that the shaft sections carrying film reels may be readily assembled to form shaft 7, and when thus assembledthe shaft may be rotated as a unit through the driving connection 2223. It will also be noted that when it is desired to remove one ofthe film reels the shaft section carrying the same may be readily removed from the assembled shaft 7 by laterally moving the shaft section and its film reel and withdrawing the same through door 8." 1 The film reels are shown at'27 as of usual construction including the axial bores 28 having pawls 29 ada ted to engage ratchets 30 u on the sha t sections of the film reels. e two film reels assembled within a film magazine are arranged sothat their pawl and ratchet connections are oppositely arranged to permit unwinding from one reel while the film strip is wound upon the other reel. In order to properly position the film reels within the film ma zine the side walls of the latter are, pre' erably, tongued as shown at 31, and said tongues are received. in annular grooves 32 provided in the film reels.

It will be noted that in the construction as thus described, the film strip, as it passes the actuating drums 19, extends horizontally of the. camera casing. The film exposure guide 4 is arranged in the usual manner whereby the film strip Bplassing through the same 1s moving vertic y with relation to film strip forms angularly twiste loops between the drums 19 and the respective ends of the film ex sureguide. These film loops are arrange somewhat slack and it will be noted that the angular twists 1n the film osition the portion of the film strip passing through the film exposure guide in a plane substantially parallel to the film stri as it passes the actuating drums 1 9, but that the film strip as it passes said actuating drumsis disposed substantially at right angles to the direction of movement of the film strip through the exposure guide.

its intermediate portion extended throughthe film guide.

2. A motion picture camera comprising superposed film reels disposed in horizontal planes, a vertically disposed film guide hav-- ing its ends arranged in the same horizontal planes as the reels, and a film wound from one reel to the other and having its intermediate portion extended through the film guide.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

t ROLAND J. GIROUX.

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